Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:14:45 GMTAn explosion in a coal mine in Colombia has killed at least five miners, a few days after the government promised to overhaul workplace safety measures following a string of similar incidents.

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:08:04 GMTAt least 200 people are feared to have been buried by a landslide in Colombia's second largest city as rescue workers scramble to save victims of the country's worst floods in decades.

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:12:57 GMTColombian President Juan Manuel Santos is to meet his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez, on Tuesday in a move that could "turn the page" and restore their diplomatic relations.